Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Foot In Facebook of the Day: Troy, Michigan's newly elected mayor Janice Daniels is already facing calls to resign in light of a Facebook status update she posted back in June, denouncing New York for allowing same-sex couples to marry.

"I think I am going to throw away my I Love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there," Daniels w

Same-Sex Marriage Debate of the Day: During a Q&A session at Penn State, a couple of students who had a bit of a problem with GOP presidential candidate (and Penn State alum) Rick Santorum's argumentum ad antiquitatem opposition to same-sex marriage challenged him with science.

Rhetorical Question of the Day: Testifying at yesterday's hearing on a proposed same-sex marriage ban, Minnesota state Rep. Steve Simon (DFL-Hopkins/St. Louis Park) asked his colleagues to ponder the possibility that God may just be A-OK with gay people. "How many more gay people does God have to create," Simon inquired, "before we ask ourselves whether or not God actually wants them around?"

Sadly, Rep. Simon's words fell on deaf ears, and the House Civil Law Committ